arcanis/clipanion
Type-safe CLI library / framework with no runtime dependencies observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3433
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 726
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1256 stars · 69 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Clipanion is a type-safe CLI framework for TypeScript and JavaScript with no runtime dependencies. It supports nested commands, advanced option types, automatic help generation, and compiles commands into an optimized state machine; it powers Yarn.
Use cases
- build a type-safe cli in typescript
- parse command-line arguments with full type inference
- create nested subcommands like yarn workspaces list
- generate help pages for a node cli
- proxy options to nested commands without --
- validate cli option arguments
When to choose
- you're building a TypeScript/Node.js CLI and want type-safe options with no duplicated types
- you need nested subcommands, option proxying, or rich option types (negations, counters, arrays)
- you want polished auto-generated help output and battle-tested parsing (used by Yarn)
When to avoid
- you need a CLI framework in a language other than JavaScript/TypeScript
- you want a minimal argument parser with a tiny API rather than a full class-based framework
- you need a stable released version and can't accept release-candidate versions (v4 is at rc stage)
Facets
framework · maturity stable
cli parser web-framework developer-tools web-development cli cross-platform typescript argument-parsing type-safe subcommands help-generation zero-dependencies command-line nodejs
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/arcanis/clipanion · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2bffb4c3b8e2
- homepage: https://mael.dev/clipanion/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 502d396ca22f
- site_page: https://mael.dev/clipanion/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 078a98a51433
- site_page: https://mael.dev/clipanion/docs/getting-started · fetched 2026-08-29 · 20d53d5e3df3
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/clipanion · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7a428933cf20
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| arcanis/clipanion | main | 32 |
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